Marguerite Erskine Walker Westinghouse
Object number2013.137.1
Artist
Warden
Date1842
MediumPaper, pencil, pastel,
Credit LineGift of Valerie Lawrie
DescriptionOval, bust-length, black and white pastel portrait on rectangular paper that is adhered to a piece of fabric. Depicts a Caucasian woman facing forward and looking up while her body is turned slightly to the proper right. Woman has light colored, curly hair that is pulled back. She is wearing tassel-shaped pearl(?) earrings and a ruffled dress that has a ruffled collar.Dimensions28.5 x 23.5 x 0.5 in. (72.4 x 59.7 x 1.3 cm)SignedSignature along proper left arm in pencil "Warden".
Historical NotesPastel portrait of Marguerite Erskine Walker Westinghouse. Marguerite Erskine Walker married George Westinghouse in 1867. She died in 1914 only a few months after her husband.
Related person
Marguerite Erskine Walker Westinghouse
(1842 - 1914)
Related person
George Westinghouse Jr.
(1846 - 1914)
On View
Not on viewEdwin Garnet Riley
1890-1910